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\VILLARD L. BUNDY, OF BINGHAMTON, NE? YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE BUNDYMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

WORKMANS TIME-RECORDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 553,804, dated January28, 1896.

' Application fil d November 10, 1394. $erial No. 528,396. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VILLARD L. BUNDY, of"

Binghamton, in the county of Broome, in the State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in VVorkmens Time Recorders, ofwhich the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to workmens timerecorders, and particularly to thatclass in which a numbered key is used to designate Several patents haveheretofore been grant ed to me for machines of this classviz., No.393,205,dated NovemberQO, 1888, No. 453,230,

dated June 2, 1891, and No. 452,894., dated May 26, 1891; and the objectof this invention is to improve the construction of the machine,increase its utility and durability, and to provideit with additionalsafeguards, such as have been developed by the manufacture, sale, anduse thereof; and to that end my in vention consists in the several novelfeatures of construction and operation hereinafter described, and whichare specifically set forth in the claims hereunto annexed. It isconstructed as follows, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of the machine. Fig. 2is a rear elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a side elevation thereof on alarger scale. Fig. 4: is a like view of the same 011 the opposite side.Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse section looking from the front.' Fig. 6is a like View looking from the rear. Fig. 7 .is a detail in frontelevation of the system of levers and rods actuated by the turning of akey, previously inserted, to throw the impressionplaten into printingposition and to operate the paper-feed, the dotted lines indicating themovements of the several parts. Fig. 8 is a detail in front elevation ofthe key-locking pawl and its mounting. Fig. 9 is a side elevation of thesame. Fig. 10 is afront elevation of the same, showing a key locked.Fig. 11 is a like view showing the key fully turned, the dotted linesshowing the position assumed by the pawl when the key is turned backfrom the position in full lines. Fig. 12 is a detail in front elevationof a mechanism for locking the key'when turned over to the positionshown in Fig. 10, whereby it cannot be removed until after theimpression of its numeral has been made. Fig. 13 is a rear elevation ofthe paperwind -up spool, its ratchet, and the pawl mechanism forrotating it, actuated by the turning of akey. Fig. 11 is a like view ofthe same, showingthe parts in their normal position. Fig. 15 is asectional detail of the ratchet-and-pawl mechanism in the position shownin Fig. 12. Fig. 16 is a side elevation of the spool onto which thepaper is wound. Fig. 17 is a transverse sectional elevation of the same.Fig. 18 is a top plan View of the spool-body moved from its holder. Fig.10 is an end elevation of the same. Figs. 20 and 21 are details of thekey used to designate a workman. Fig. 22 is a detail of the mechanismfor actuating the hour-wheel, and also for simultaneously actuating theminute-wheel to shift it from 59 to 00 when the hour-wheel is moved tochange the hour. Fig. 23 is a like view of the same parts, showing theshifting-cam rotated so as to drop the lever and also to be therebythrown forward far enough so as to exert a force back through itsactuating-gearing sufficient to rotate the minute-wheel one space, asfrom 59 to 00, as shown.

The machine contains a front plate, a, and a back plate, I), and c arecorner-posts connecting them. A shaft 2 is connected to and rotated by aclock-movement, (not shown,) and 3 is a bracket'supporting and guidingit, and by the bevel-gears at 5 the spur-gear 6 and shaft 7, thespur-gear 8 and the minute'wheel 9, loose upon the arbor 10, are rotatedso that this minute-wheel is synchronous with the minute-hand of theclock. The rotation of the shaft '7 rotates the cam 11., which engageswith the stud 12 to lift the lever 13, which is provided with acounterbalance 14: and a spring-pawl 15, which normally engages with theratchet-wheel 16, secured upon the hourwheel 17 and shifts said pawlonce in each hour into engagement with the next tooth, and 18 is astop-pawl to prevent the backward rotation of said hour-wheel, which isthus shifted once in each hour, all substantially as shown and describedin an application filed by me December 9, 1.993, Serial No. 493,190, andwherein this mechanism is claimed.

A rock-shaft 21 is journaled in the front and back plates. 22 is a helve secured thereto. 23 is the platen or hammer secured upon said helve,and it is a spring connected to an arm 25 on said rock-shaft andoperating it to hold said platen normally in substantially the positionshown in Fig. A bar or sleeve 26, Fig. 12,is secured to the inner faceof the front plate and concaved, as at 27, and cutaway on top,substantially as shown, said concavity beingin alignment with thekeyhole 28, and 2!) is a tube fitting rotatably in said concavity,adapted to receive the stem of the key and slotted longitudinally topermit the bit or ward to enter, so that the turning of the key rotatessaid sleeve, and when turned onequarter of a circle the bit or ward willstrike the face 331 of the bar it; and stop the key. Thekey is providedwith a ward 132, having upon its outer end the numerals or charactersused to designate a workman, and an arm 33 beveled orscarfedoft on itsouter end, as shown in Fig. 10.

A frame 54: consisting of twoparallel bars united by a rod 35 is securedto a rock-shaft I36, and 137 is the key-lock gravity-pawl pivoted uponan arbor S8 in said frame and provided with teeth on its face with whichthe key-arm engages when the key is turned, and thereby the key cannotbe turned back and removed until it has fully passed said teeth, andthen said arm will engage with the back thereof and tilt it,substantially as shown in Fig. 11, when the key can be withdrawn, andthe pawl will drop back into its normal posi tion, as shown in Fig. 8.As shown in this figure and also in 10 and 11, said pawl is providedwith a lug Ef), which will engage with the rod 35 when it is tilted andwhich thus regulates and limits the degree of said tilting and preventsits being thrown over back out of the path of the key-arm, which, if itoccurred, would disable the machine. As this pawl normally lies againstthe rod 35, the turning of the key swings said frame 3i, rocks the shaft36, swings the lever t0, and through the connecting-rod ll and crank-armi2, secured to the rock-shaft 21, rocks said shaft to throw the plateninto the position shown in Fig. 7 by the dotted lines, ready to strikean impression-blow, producing a tersion upon the spring it, so that whensaid key-arm reaches the limit of its movement the numerals upon the keyare upon the printing-line, and said frame is released, so

that said spring impels the piston to strike an. impression-blow andprint the key-numeral. and the hour and minute numerals of thetimewheels, which are then upon the printing-line, upon a paper strip onby the aid of an ink-ribbon 4: 3.

In the key-tube a notch -i-iis out, Fig. 12, and when the key is turnedsaid tube is retated, and when the key is stopped the point *5 of thepawl 46 drops into this notch, aided by the spring 47, and this looksthe key-bushing 20 and not only prevents it from being turned back,although it has passed the lockpawl 37, but also holds it in that oneposition until the i111PlGSS'lOil-PltttCil strikes its blow, and whenthis occurs the stud 48 on the platen strikes the beveled end it) ofthis pawl ill and raising it out of said notch releases the key to beremoved.

The paper strip is conducted from a suit" able reel (not shown) througha guide 50, Fig. 5, thence upward in front of the platen and through aguide 51, which is adjustable by means of the slot and screw 52, andthence extends upward to the wind-up spool '71.

An arm 54 is secured to the shaft 36. A red 55 is loosely pivoted in orupon said arm by a pivot-pin 57 through ahead 56 uponsaid rod, said rodbeing connected to the pawlholder 58, Figs. 13, 1t and 15, whichcomprises an arm 5!) pivoted upon the spool-shalt (30, a flange 61having a slotway (52 through which a screw 03 fits loosely coi'inectingit to the rod 55. A spring (34: is conneetedto said rod and to thepaper-guide 51., and exerts its tensionv to yieldingly hold the lingerG5 on said rod in contact with the paper upon the spool 71 and to holdthe lower end of said rod (or its head) to a bearing upon the pivot 57and thereby adjust the relations of the pawl mechanism, rod and itsfinger to the arm 5.i-.

The rocking oi the shaft 36 vert :all y oscillates the arm 55, and asthe feed of the paper strip should be such as to evenly space therecords made thereon, and inasmuch as such spacing would naturally bevaried proportimr ally to the increase of the amount of paper wound uponthe spool, if the spool was uniformly rotated the same distance eachtime the shaft was rocked, this mechanism is devised so that said springpermiis variation of the position of the screw (53 in the slot 112 inthe arm 50 according to the amount oi paper upon the spool when the armis in its normal position. Then when said arm is depressed the rotationof the spool is varied relatively to the position of said screw (3 insaid slot, the iinger U5 regulating such position by its bearing uponthe paper, and thus auto matically regulates the rotation of said spooland the spacing of the records thereon. The spool is rotated by means ofa spring pushpawl (30 on the holder 58 engaging with a ratchet 07secured to a sleeve upon. the spool.- shaft, and 69 is one of thespool-heads also secured to said sleeve, said spool-shaft being carriedby a bracket 7 O erected upon a corner post.

The drum of the spool is tubular, and 72 is the outer head thereon, saiddrum being provided with a longitudinal slot 7 3 and a head 7 4 withinsaid drum, notched, as at 75, coincident with said slot, and 76 areteeth upon the edge of said slot which engage with the paper to hold itsend upon the spool.

In the spool-head 69 a stem 77 is secured and adapted to pass through aslot 7 8 in said drumhead 74 and connects said spool-drum to the innerhead 69, so that all rotate together, said stem being provided with aspringcatch 79, which detachably holds said drum in position, so that atany time the drum can be readily pulled off from said shaft for theinspection or removal of the printed paper strip wound thereon. Acheck-pawl 80 engages with said ratchet to prevent any backward rotationof the spool. The ribbon 43 is connected to the spools 81 and 82 and iswound from one onto the other by the following mechanism, shown anddescribed in my application aforesaid, and which comprises a rod 83connected to the arm 54 and carrying a pawl 84 in engagement with aratchet 85, and this rotates the gear 86, which is journaled upon anarbor 87 secured to a swinging bar 88 pivoted at 89, so that by shiftingsaid bar said gear is shifted out of its engagement with one pinion 90or 91 into engagement with the other, said pinions engaging with gears92 upon the shafts of the respective ribbonspools, whereby astep-by-step rotation is imparted to one spool to wind the ribbon fromthe other each time a key is inserted and turned to vibrate theimpression-platen.

In Figs. 22 and 23 the cam 11 is shown as provided with a slitin itsstraight face, whereby a tongue 106 is created, said tongue beingadjustable as to its projection beyond the direct line of its face. Fromthis it results that as said cam is driven by the same train of gearingand connection to the clockworks so when the cam passes the stud 12 andthe lever falls to shift the hour-wheel at the same time it strikes thetongue and forces the cam to rotate forward far enough to cause thetrain of gearing to be rotated so as to rotate the minute-wheel onespace simultaneously with the movement of the hour-wheel. This isessential where the minute-wheel has normally only a regular forwardmovement, whereby when, for instance, the two wheels indicate 6:59 therotation of the cam causes the hour-wheel to shift while the minutewheelis still at 59, so that the time on the paper strip indicates 7 :50,whereas it should show 7 :00, which fault is wholly remedied by theabove device.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

1. In a workmans time-recorder, the combination with a rotatable sleevereceiving the workmans key when insert-ed and provided with a notch, apawl adapted to engage with said notch and lock the key when the sleeveis rotated by its turning, of a swinging pawl with which the key engagesas it is being turned forward and adapted to be tilted by the key whenit is turned back for removal.

2. I11 a workmans time-recorder, the combination with a rotatable sleevereceiving the workmans designating-key when inserted, and provided witha notch, a pawl adapted to engage with said notch and lock the key whenthe sleeve is rotated by its turning, of a swinging pawl, an oscillatoryframe in which it is mounted actuated by the engagement of the key as itis being turned forward with said pawl, and an impression-platenactuated by the oscillation of said frame, and engaging with saidsleeve-locking pawl to release it when it strikes an impressioirmakingblow.

In a workmans time-recorder a spool comprising a body provided with ahead and slotted longitudinally and toothed as shown, a separate headupon a sleeve, a catch en gaging with said body and means to rotate saidspool, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. In a workmans time-recorder, a rotatable spool and ratchet thereon,in combination with a pivoted pawl-holder a pawl thereon engaging withsaid ratchet, a slot in said holder, an operating rod connected to saidslot, a spring engaging with said rod, and means to reciprocate said rodvertically, sub stantially as described.

5. In a workmans time-recorder, a rotatable spool and a ratchet thereon,in combination with a pivoted pawl-holder, a pawl thereon engaging withsaid ratchet, a slot in said holder, a rod connected to said slot, aspring engaging with said rod, a finger upon said rod engaging with saidspool and means to reciprocate said rod vertically, as and for thepurposes set forth.

6. In 'a workmans time-recorder, a rotatable spool consisting ofsections detachably connected together, and a ratchet on one section, incombination with a pivoted pawlholder, a pawl thereon engaging with saidratchet, a slot in said holder, a rod connected to said slot, a springengaging with said rod, a finger upon said rod engaging with said spooland means to reciprocate said rod vertically, as and for the purposesset forth.

'7. In a 'workmans timerecorder, a paper strip and a spool therefor,incombination with a driving pawl and ratchet, a pivoted pawlholderslotted longitudinally, an actuatingrod having its bearing in said slotand means to shift said bearing therein according to the amount of paperwound onto the spool, substantially as shown and described.

8. In a workmans time-recorder, an oscillatory frame, a shaft rockedthereby, an arm upon said shaft, a rod connected thereto, a pivotedpawl-holder slotted longitudinally and in which said rod has a bearing,in combination with a paper strip, a spool therefor and means to shiftthe bearing of said rod in said slot according to the amount of paperupon the spool, substantially as shown and described.

0. In a workmans time-recorder, a rotatable sleeve adapted to receive akey, and a notch upon said sleeve, in combination with a pawl adapted toengage with said notch when said sleeve is rotated by the turning ofsaid key, as and for the purposes set forth.

10. In a workmans time-recorder, a rotatable sleeve adapted to receive akey and a notch upon said sleeve, in combination with a pawl adapted toengage with said notch to lock said key when it is turned, and avibratory impression-platen actuated by the turning of said key, andadapted to engage with said pawl to release said key, sul'istantially asshown and described.

11. The combination with the time-wheels and a lever for shifting thehour-wheel, of a shifting-cam engaging with said lever and a projectionupon the straight face of said cam with which said lever engages when itdrops, and whereby said cam is given a forward impulse to rotate theminute-wheel one space simultaneously with the shifting of thehourwheel.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand on this 25th day ofOctober, 189-1.

\VILLARD L. BUNDY.

In presence of IIARLOW E. BUNDY, CHARLES N. Bmoos.

